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Friday, January 13, 2012

"Not Sure" Is the Clear Winner In 10th District Dem Poll

The first Dem poll of the new year in the hot race for the Tenth Congressional District here in Illinois was conducted between January 3-4, 2012, of 410 likely Democratic voters, and the results are not too surprising:

IlyaSheyman...........23%

Brad Schneider.........21%

John Tree...................5%

VivekBavda...............2%

Not sure.......................49%

The poll itself was conducted by Public Policy Polling, but was commissioned by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) PAC, which is supporting IlyaSheyman. The relatively small poll sample, and the huge margin of error (+/- 4.8%), leads us to think we ought not put too much stock into this particular poll. Also, the fact that IlyaSheyman and Brad Schneider are statistically tied leads one to think that aside from the suggestion (pushed by PCCC) that Democratic voters in the 10th are looking for a 'bold progressive' candidate, there might not be much here to talk about.

However, some of the policy/position questions asked and the responses are rather interesting; for example, when asked about whether Israel was at the top of voters' concerns, only 4% responded yes, compared to 37% each for Wall Street 'accountability' and job creation.

The biggest take-away from this poll is that it's still wide open, and all of the candidates have some work to do to get their message out. As we have been saying for some time, IlyaSheyman still seems to be the front-runner with the advantage of the best ground-game and volunteer base. He's positioned himself as the most leftist, 'progressive' candidate (whatever that means), so if he can finally start raising some real money to get in people's mailboxes, he's got a real good chance. Veteran and businessman John Tree had a surprisingly poor showing in this poll; despite hiring some expensive consultants and trying to make a big splash out of the box, he doesn't seem to be getting much traction, at least according to this poll (which, again, we're not putting a lot of faith in).

Since a group supporting Sheyman paid for the poll, you can bet that he is touting it, but Schneider is not taking it lying down. So far, no response from the Tree campaign that we know of. He's probably just trying to forget it exists. Or maybe his expensive handlers haven't told him yet, for fear that Tree will get some sense and pull out, and cut off his paid hack team's gravy train.

"Not Sure", of course, is the real winner here. Where's a Dan Seals when the Dems need him? Hahahahahah.

Just like any other poll, they will tell you what you WANT to hear or see. The PCCC tailored their questions to give Sheyman the nod. If Sheyman paid for it, he wasted money. But he is 25 and has a lot of learning to do.

my understanding of the new district is that they cut out the more moderate democratic parts of it which would have been schneider territory and added more working class areas which would favor sheyman. Kid Commie's ground game from his moveon nuts plus schneider's facebook pictures which suggest his campaign staff is his kid's playgroup suggests dold will have a pretty easy fight against kid commie.

and mights I add, lil fulker, theres be three things bout your noodle that many us here donna not like en stuff. onz: yuz mean like Dold n' stuff tuez: its hot in the oven with tomotos, ya know what I'z mean? threez: lillipops r gading on my lips. so shut up folker.

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